Sunday, April 14
Lewisburg, PA
12:00 PM
Princeton University
10
at
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Bucknell
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
No. 15 Princeton Locks Up No. 2 Seed in CWPA Championships With 10-5 Victory Over No. 18 Bucknell
April 14, 2019 | Women's Water Polo
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The No. 15 Princeton Tigers earned the No. 2 seed in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Championships in two weeks with a 10-5 takedown of the No. 18 Bucknell Bison at Kinney Natatorium on Sunday afternoon.
No. 6 Michigan will be the No. 1 seed, followed by Princeton, Bucknell, Harvard, Brown, George Washington and Saint Francis. The Tigers will play Saint Francis on Apr. 26 at 1 p.m. The winner of that contest will take on the winner of Bucknell and George Washington on Apr. 27 at 1 p.m.
Annie Robinson's tally with 59 seconds to go in the first quarter tied the contest at 2-all as the two conference foes headed into the second frame. Bucknell registered the first tally of the stanza, but Princeton ran off three straight, taking a 5-3 margin into the intermission.
The Tigers kept the Bison at bay as they held the home unit without a goal for over nine minutes. Princeton had an 8-4 lead as the fourth quarter got started and didn't let up, not allowing a tally for the final 7:06 of game action to secure the win.
Stats:
Goals: Britt 3, Robinson 2, Kelleher 2, Kresich, Castellano, Blake
Assists: Britt 3, Kresich 2, Evans 2, Castellano 2, Kelleher
Steals: Kelleher 2, Larkin, Evans, Lawson, McGeoy, Castellano, Blake
Drawn Ejections: Larkin, Evans, Lawson, Britt, Damato, Blake, Robinson
Blocks: Castellano 2, Lawson, Robinson
Saves: Webb 11
No. 6 Michigan will be the No. 1 seed, followed by Princeton, Bucknell, Harvard, Brown, George Washington and Saint Francis. The Tigers will play Saint Francis on Apr. 26 at 1 p.m. The winner of that contest will take on the winner of Bucknell and George Washington on Apr. 27 at 1 p.m.
Annie Robinson's tally with 59 seconds to go in the first quarter tied the contest at 2-all as the two conference foes headed into the second frame. Bucknell registered the first tally of the stanza, but Princeton ran off three straight, taking a 5-3 margin into the intermission.
The Tigers kept the Bison at bay as they held the home unit without a goal for over nine minutes. Princeton had an 8-4 lead as the fourth quarter got started and didn't let up, not allowing a tally for the final 7:06 of game action to secure the win.
Stats:
Goals: Britt 3, Robinson 2, Kelleher 2, Kresich, Castellano, Blake
Assists: Britt 3, Kresich 2, Evans 2, Castellano 2, Kelleher
Steals: Kelleher 2, Larkin, Evans, Lawson, McGeoy, Castellano, Blake
Drawn Ejections: Larkin, Evans, Lawson, Britt, Damato, Blake, Robinson
Blocks: Castellano 2, Lawson, Robinson
Saves: Webb 11
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